Originally Posted by
Gabriella26
Yes, it's from the NT.
Humm... I haven't been able to find anything from the OT about women covering up. But women's position, especially in the OT is downright ******, so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if there was something there. Compared to the OT, the NT is almost nice to women. Sure, there are bigots like Paul for instance, but generally the NT is a bit more mellow, at least in that regard.
Which brings me to another question. How do most Christians view the OT? Is it like a history of the Jews, full of metaphors, a brief introduction to the ideas Jesus (May God have mercy on his soul) were up against, or do they take it seriously?
I know there are some, who take it quite literally, God created the world in 6 days, and they believe it when some Franciscan monk (whose name eludes me), calculated the age of the world to 6000 years etc. They are simply beyond pedagogical reach. What I'm talking about is those who think of themselves as Christian. How do they view the OT?